An off-duty Suffolk County police officer was charged in a wrong-way crash that left a driver dead on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016. (Credit: CBS2)

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Prosecutors say an off-duty Long Island police officer had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit when they say he smashed into a van in a deadly wrong-way crash last week.

Authorities say Robert Scheuerer, 24, was driving a 2000 Nissan Pathfinder when struck a 2016 Ford van on the westbound side of Sunrise Highway in West Islip on Sept. 27. The van caught fire. The driver died at the scene.